December 10, 2021 Sam Brownback on Human Rights Day: When 'everything's a human right, then nothing's really a human right' Longtime GOP politician Sam Brownback is warning that the U.S. is diluting "human rights" and undermining their foundation by inappropriately applying that label to certain things.
December 9, 2021 US must not enable evil in China and at the Beijing Olympics The Biden administration clearly hopes that a diplomatic boycott will be enough to put Beijing on notice. It won’t be
December 7, 2021 Biden's democracy summit already sending wrong signals to authoritarian regimes This year has been a record-breaking one in many ways, and, according to Freedom House, the world is at a 15-year low for "Free countries" and a 15-year high of "Not Free countries."
November 12, 2021 Top advertisers for Beijing Winter Olympics face pressure over China human rights abuses Top advertisers for the Beijing Winter Olympics are facing pressure to take a stand on China’s reported human rights abuses as they gear up for the top international games.
October 27, 2021 Psaki acknowledges Biden and pope on different page on abortion, tangles with reporter White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that President Biden and Pope Francis will discuss a range of issues on which they agree during their upcoming visit, and that abortion won’t be one of them.
August 30, 2021 AOC, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, Bernie Sanders silent on plight of Afghan women Progressives in Congress who are otherwise outspoken on women’s rights have remained noticeably quiet on the plight of Afghan women ever since the Taliban completed its takeover of the country more than two weeks ago.
August 29, 2021 Former Afghanistan ambassador to US Roya Rahmani: Afghan women ‘in a state of panic’ Roya Rahmani, who served as the first female Afghanistan ambassador to the United States until last month, said Afghan women are “in a state of panic” after the Taliban retook the country two weeks ago.
August 18, 2021 US, UK, other countries ask 'those in positions of power' in Afghanistan to guarantee safety for women, girls The State Department issued a joint international statement Wednesday essentially asking the Taliban to "guarantee" the protection of women and girls in Afghanistan following the hard-line Islamic militant group’s rapid takeover of the country since the U.S. withdrawal of troops.
August 17, 2021 Senators warn that the Taliban are already suppressing rights of women, girls in Afghanistan U.S. senators are sounding the alarm about the civil rights abuses of women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country following Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. troops.
July 30, 2021 Hong Kong protester sentenced to 9 years in prison for violating China-imposed national security law A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong’s national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory.